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- 3rd
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Students use sets of four triangles to explore shapes, making them into larger triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons to make a quilt. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use quilts as a visual prompt to review mathematics vocabulary associated with geometry in the third grade curriculum. A hands-on activity serves as a practice and review at the conclusion of this lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students watch a video that outlines geometric shapes found in architecture from landscapes to playgrounds. They recreate a quilt block by following a pattern on a grid. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students and teachers identify geometric vocabulary word by searching a geometry website. They create a Quilt Word Wall using the geometry words. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine about traditional quilting patterns, the symmetry in such patterns, and practice creating patterns of their own. They design a quilting pattern, and groupw make colorful "patches," of a pattern. They assemble the patches into a quilt. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students identify quilt designs along with the meanings and symbolism behind those designs. They explain the uses of a quilt and the controversial connection to the Underground Railroad. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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This lesson is intended for use with teachers as a training lesson. Teachers view a PowerPoint presentation linked to this site. They discuss the questions on each slide. They brainstorm other primary sources that could be examined and what else could be learned about the images on the PowerPoint. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students research the history of the quilt in American History and view a PowerPoint Presentation. They create a quilt square with colored paper using polygons, transformations, rotations, and reflections on the computer and on a coordinate grid. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students create a quilt square for a class quilt using at least three, two-dimensional geometric figures. They research and write a brief description of at least two different quilt patterns that they find. Pupils discuss that quilts are not only a part of America's heritage, and relate it to math and geometry. Students are introduced to a variety of geometric figures during a unit of geometry. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore surroundings to find geometric shapes, and practice creating polygons on Microsoft Word drawing toolbar. Students design quilt squares to be attached to class quilt. Full Review »
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